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Anyone optimistic about spring coming early must have been sorely disappointed this past week, as a winter storm that was expected to only impact Oregon’s higher elevations, instead hit Central
Emergency personnel have responded to at least 15 fires in and around homeless encampments in the Bend area since Jan. 1.
Firefighters stop small SE Bend blaze, say likely caused by camper living in area Fire stopped before it spread beyond 1/4 acre) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A brush fire near a southeast Bend neighborhood was quickly stopped late Friday morning, but officials say it had potential to be catastrophic. The fire was off Bronzewood Avenue near SE 15th Street, just a few 100 yards from some homes. The fire grew to about a quarter acre before crews arrived to put it out. Bend Police, Bend Fire and Rescue, the US Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Forestry were all available, and ab...